First time hearing Hot for Teacher - Van Halen 

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I swear the 80's was the BEST time to grow up. The music, the movies, MTV, the fashion. We had it all! Before the internet, before social/unsocial media, before these electronic leashes (mobile phones) that track your every movement, before 24 hour news, before reality tv... just be yourself, make your way the best you can and live life. 9th and 10th grade Biology teacher.. Miss Patridge..South Tahoe High Class of '86 !

She looked mortified 🤣

After David Lee Roth left Van Halen for the first time, he went to school to become an EMT. For several years he was an EMT in New York City. Whenever I see this video and DLR as the driver of that school bus, I always wondered what it would have been like to be a pedestrian in NYC who tripped on a curb, broke their leg, and when the ambulance arrived: out jumps David Lee Roth? I probably would have just had a heart attack and died!

As a drummer this song is an absolute workout, especially the calfs

It's called having a sense of humor, understanding satire and not taking yourself so damn seriously... So glad I grew up in those days 💜

For me the thing that "makes" the solo so memorable is the video, Eddie walking across the library tables doing his thing is one of the most epic things ever.

The model who played the teacher was the same model that played the love interest in Rod Stewart's "Do ya think i'm sexy" music video.

I was born in 1973, and when this came out, we watched this video every day until MTV stopped showing it. Lillian Müller, who was Miss Norway, played the teacher in this, and she was also in Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" video a few years before this. She is now 72 and still looks great for her age. Also, in 1991 I saw Van Halen in concert at 18 years old and they were amazing! Cheers from northeast Ohio.

The stories I have from the 80’s as a teenage boy rocker constantly going to rock shows, arenas, clubs, outdoor venues, spending nights downtown scoring tickets, can’t even speak of them now a days. There would be investigations, arrests, etc.. lol

The "Hot Teacher" in my life ended up being my wife's maid of honor. "That Teacher" married one of the high school football stars a couple of years after graduation. It was quite the scandal early on, but people got over it. Very relatable song and brought back memories from 1975 for me when I heard it upon its release in 1984.

RIP Eddie He Was The Greatest

The boy who played Michael Anthony was Grover Dill in A Christmas Story.

I was so very curious as to Alexis' reaction to this video. You have to remember, back in the day, music videos where played for MTV when they actually played music videos.

That's right. Back then, everybody got it that it was just humor and all fun. I miss those times.

One of the greatest drum intros ever! And, as a showman/front man, DLR was one of the best

I'm the same age as Burch so I relate very well to all his comments and stories. We had "that" teacher in H.s. too!

Growing up in the 80's I think we al have a story on this topic. 7th grade reading class Ms. Thomas I will never forget her.

Senior in high school 1984 and Sammy couldn't have directed the video, did that performance, or wrote those lyrics... while making us laugh all at the same time. Thanks Diamond Dave.

I've been watching you guys for awhile now and you both are just amazing to watch and interact with during your live streams. Burch we're very close in age ( I'm 59 ) and your taste in music is right in line with mine. Thank you both for such great reactions to great music. Cheers!!

Van Halen is my two favorite bands of all time. Nothing beats a day of jamming Van Halen and eating some In-n-Out.

The opening drum solo begins with an actual recording of Eddie's Ferrari engine, then layered with Alex's drums.

In Canada to be a teacher you need a BA usually 4 years and then 2 years of teachers college, so most Teachers are about 25 before they are eligible to teach.

The popular video of the moment from Van Halen is MEAN STREET.I t offers a different kind of rumbling beneath the surface vibe that carries the churning squeal that eventually during the solo. Plus, I think your daughter will enjoy the swag of David Lee Roth. The same can be said about his solo effort in the video YANKEE ROSE. Keep going

I don't think enough is said about Alex on the drums. Eddies solo's matched with Alex on the drums was special.

EVERY, I repeat EVERY little boy saw their hot teachers like that, even if they did not dress like that in RL. No need to be all indignant about it.

"I don't *feel* tardy!"

We were so fortunate to have MTV...I was 13 going on 14 when this came out. My favorite song on 1984 is I'll Wait

A simple showing of what was once fun and in no way seen as offensive. Freedom of speech and expression. Remember! I'm 57 and Burch stating that it couldn't be done today is extremely telling of what we have lost. Her face/reaction embodies the loss we have had. 🤦‍♂😭

The hot teacher is Lillian Müller, she's 72 now, she is a Norwegian model and had appearances in many TV shows and movies since the mid 70's and she's also a former Playboy playmate.

Great song off my favorite Van Halen album. I was 13 when it came out and I was blown away... I wore the cassette out listening to it so much. And the video always cracks me up.

Waldo was voiced by Phil Hartman

"I brought my pencil!"

One thing that is always funny is the meaning of the numbers on the blackboard... 20-9-8-19-25-12-15-8, transfer the numbers in letters ans read hem from right to left

The 80's were the best. Great music, fun movies, tv shows and the most freedom ever!

Guys, Van Halen it's like one of those bands that don't take themselves. They do what they do best and they have a good in so doing

I wholeheartedly agree, my all time favorite EVH solo!

Nothing but fun right there 👍

A piece of music trivia about this song. At the very beginning of the song, what sounds like a drum is actually Eddie's Ferrari doing a cold start. They recorded it and had Alex fade into the drum rhythm along with the sound of the Ferrari. Love this song and video! Another great reaction guys!

There really was no censorship in 1984. This video played like an after school special. 3:30pm on a Tuesday:)

The solo for Hot For Teacher is highly respected by professional guitarists. There are still secrets to it that probably Wolfgang knows. lol

The '80s were so much more fun than today.

MAN, 😭😭😭😭 i didnt have any hot teachers. However, there were some hot moms.

Fantastic solo and perfect length and fits the rythmn of the song to a tee.

This one went off the rails, And It was Awesome. Haha. Great Reaction.

A good looking teacher doesn’t have to dress like that for a hormonal teen to fantasize and see her that way in their mind! It was the 80s all good, cheesy, campy over the top fun!!! Can’t take it too seriously. It was all just a party and good times! Especially Van Halen!

Awesome reaction. Show her Winger - Seventeen 💯🔥🫡

The very beginning of that song before Alex came in with the drums was Eddie cold starting his Lamborghini

If I remember correctly, MTV ran a contest for this video before it was made. The band were looking for teenage look a likes for them. The winners were chosen and used in the music video.

Awesome video yeah, MTV days 🎸🎸🎤🥁🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I was 17 in 1984 we all loved this band and video 1984 is a great album lot of hidden gems that never got any airplay

I love your guy's reactions.

I can't imagine seeing this the first time it aired..it still amazes me. Guitar, drums, vocals, the humor and the video..to be that good while still appearing as a bit of a joke is very impressive.

Great reaction!! I'll always love this song (and the video - yes, it was total 80's cheese, but that cheese was great!) Eddie's solos are off the charts - I'm with Burch on this one!

Hi, This is Robert. I really enjoy watching y'all's reactions to music videos! Looking forward to my request soon! Take care!

It's still one of my favorites from middle school ❤

One time, at band camp.....HAHAHA!! good one!!

I think you really had to be there to get this song and video. i was 17 when this came out, my teachers in this era were wild and i surley had relationships with some of my teachers that would lead to charges today. I saw VH on this tour as well. being a teen in the 80's was a crazy time. Love you guys. I would say that while not my top EVH solo but my absolute favorite Alex drum part.

I agree, about being the best solo, because also of its clearness! ❤

We had serveral teachers as I grew up that all the boys were taken with. This video was a representation of what our middle school selves daydreamed.

My partner is a teacher. The night after we met, I sent her this song. The next day we hooked up. Five years later, married with kids 😂

FYI - The start of the song may sound like drums, but it is EVH's Ferrari being revved.

Greatest rock video of all time!

My personal favorite Eddie solo ever is Push come to shove...If you havent checked that out yet I highly recommend it...

My favorite VH song. What a drum intro!

It wasn't until recently I understood, "I don't feel tardy" really meant. Teacher tells you, 'You're tardy!" Reply, "I don't feel tardy."

The kid who played Michael Anthony in the video was also in A Christmas Story, he was Scut Farkus' toady, Grover Gill

Seen my teacher like that? Yes I had a 8th grade humanities teacher that went back to college and ended up in Playboy Girls of the Big Ten. 😮

I agree with Burch about the solo.

Shoot, the last class of my day…the whole drumline was in it…I was the drumline captain….and 6 football players were in that class too…man we raised hell….

The crazy thing is that teacher is like 70 now.

Did you know that the smaller EVH guitor that was made for this video was just auctioned off for like $250,000.

Some of us guys that graduated in the early 80s (1984 here) were fortunate enough to sleep with a decent looking teacher. It was barely legal lol (I was 17 - legal in my state - she was 34) and since we were streetwise older than our age, knew it was just for fun for a short time. It was fairly common occurrence with juniors and seniors. In my class of 54 people, there were 4 of us guys in 1983-1984 that had sex with a teacher. lol. The town heard the stories and it was just fun gossip to them. We were wild.

And BTW, teachers don't have to be in a bikini or even perfect 10 hot. One of my teachers in 6th grade (at a jr. high) who was a coach, would wear those tight coaches pants, showing her her hour glass figure. I was blown away, every day. AND got to come home to this video on MTV every day.

Rock In Peace Eddie Van Halen.

Going by your criteria for great guitar solos, I think you'd enjoy Elvin Bishop's solo in the studio version of "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."

LOL!!! Had the Habit early!!

Another light-hearted song that you might like to do a reaction to is called She Ain't Pretty by the Northern Pikes, a Canadian band.

And of course the ending of the video is a nod to the end of Fast Times at Riddgemont High.

First four seconds of the drums is supposedly actually the exhaust of Eddie's Lambo.🤘

I have a friend who was a science teacher.One day, as she is about to walk into her classroom she over hears some of male students discussing what they would like to do with sexually. The moment she walks in the blood drained from their faces. Afraid of what she may have overheard. She never gave them any indication she heard them, but was shocked at how graphic they got.

The mini-me version for Michael Anthony was the bully Scots Farkus's little toadie friend "Grover Dill" in the Christmas Story

The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I had a crush on my 4th grade teacher. She left the year after I had her to get married, and came back by the time I got to 8th grade.

Burch, the intro drum solo is Alex doing a simulated V8 engine...a high performance, big cam loop (or chop) as the kids say today engine.

I was in 8th grade when this came out & wad a bit of a troublemaker. Our math teacher was going on vacation for a week. She told us all (me specifically) that any detentions we got from the sub would be doubled when she got back. First day of the sub, me and my friend unintentionally walked into class a minute late. When called out on that, the thought just randomly popped into my head, completely unplanned. I turned to look up at the clock, turned back to the sub and said, Aw man, I think the clock is slow. I don't feel tardy. The entire class busted out laughing. Detention #1. Later in the class the sub asked a question and, I guess following my lead, my friend Roberto raised his hand. When called on, instead of answering the question, he said, I brought my pencil. Now give me something to write on man. Again, everyone laughed. I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair. Detention #2 for both of us and #3 for leaving my chair. Doubled up, I got 6 detentions on the first day of the substitute just because an awesome Van Halen song popped into my head at a perfectly fitting time.

yep. incredible guitar solo. a video that would NOT be made today, nor should it. I was in my teens when this came out and thought it was cringey back then, frankly. but damn that solo, he makes it look SO effortless. speaking of cringe, Alexis' smile is so adorable, zomg. :3 sorry. but it is. frankly contagious.

I'm actually with you on this being my favorite Eddie solo. Actually, both the guitars and drums throughout this song may be my favorite from VH all time.

I don't feel tardy! I did have a smoking hot teacher in the 10th grade.

The story of my life when i saw the video back then , i had a hot female teacher 25 wearing blue jeans and i was 15 , all of us in love with her, i keep trying and trying i wasn't shy, one thing leads to another, dream come true all the way for two years, i was lucky, till my friends found out 😊 true story, damn, it feels like yesterday.

And of course YT has to ruin the end by OBSCURING THE SCREEN WITH UPCOMING VIDEOS. 😡

Pre-Sammy Hagar Van Halen were the bad dudes you didn't want showing up at your house party in high school.

Nuno was right about Eddie being 70s, so way far back. Truth was the '80s guys had not even started really when Eddie was already doing it, but yet he is the sound of the 80s. And he had these (Nuno's crazy word for complicated but simple) simplistic yet complicated riffs, that you remember, and that still differed from anyone in the 80s. Nothing like him, because he was so much of 80s guitar, but in the late 70s even. 80s guitar was based on him Fun song too, but again very swing still even in regular timing. That was another thing about him was his swingy feel, like the one take human feel to the recordings.

Burch sounds like that scene in the movie Sand lot

Hey Guys live your reactions and ism new to your channel Little known dun fact the little boy whos Michael Anthony's oook alike is the actual kid and the short Bully with the hat in Christmas Story 😊😊😊

Hell I found a song by 2 Live Crew called Banned in the USA that talked about free speech and the Congress when you talked about Dee going in front talking about music being freedom of speech . This is a parody of Born in the USA just cleaner then the rest of there music.

I had Ms. Gluyass in 1st grade and then had her again in 4th grade as Mrs. Ferris. She resembled Farrah Fawcett, blonde feathered hair and all. I told my dad about her and how hot she was and later learned he pursued it with her. I don’t know to what extent fully, but didn’t really come as a shock and cracked me up. When I was in high school I never had a teacher that even came close for me to consider as hot! Figures. 😂

It was my english teacher and I actually did well in that class.😍😍😍

Hot for teacher brilliant tune you’s should watch the live version from Donnington park 1984 enjoy x

Back then there were videos of teachers wearing a bikini in school, but nobody was shooting them up. I’d take that deal back.